Railway freight-car.



R. W. BURNETT & H. H. VAUGHAN RAILWAY FREIGHT CAR.

APPLIGATION IILBD JUNE 1'2, 1914.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

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R. W. BURNETT & H. H. VAUGHN.

RAILWAY FREIGHT CAR, AYPLIOATIONIILED 'JUNE 12, 1914.

A UNITED STATES PATENTl OFFICE. y

RIGHARI) WEBB BUImE'r'r AND HENRY H. VAUGHAN. or MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

RAILWAY FREIGHT-CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Mar. 9, 191s'.-

Appucati'on sled June 12, 1914. serial No. 844,633.

' ing had to the `accompanying drawings,

forming a part of this specification.

Our'inven'tion` relates to improvements in railway freight cars, particularly the end construction of said cars.

In the practical operation of railroads,

freight box' cars are constantly requiredtocarry many different characters of freight,

Y and' in the: loading. and unloading' thereof the end sheathing ofthe car frequently becomes battered and injured, and by reason l ofv this injury, as well as by reason of the injuryl from shodls received through shifting of freight within the car in transit, the endsI of the car. frequently become weakened, re uring repair 'and' reinforcement. Hereto ore'it`l1`asbeen` the' common practice in making such repairs' on boX car ends to remove the' inner sheathing and replace the saineA new material'. In the removal of the sheathing,requiringv the Apulling of the nails: andthe removal duringthe repair of the' bracingwhiich the sheathing itself affords, it occursthat' the 'end of the car is sometimes further weakened and distorted. Theend'sfof cars sometimes sag and become distorted through ordinary use or overloading, orthe shifting of loads, because of an almost complete reliance in car construction upon the Vcar sills or underframe as the load supporting member.

lThe object of our invention is' to remove these difficulties in car repair work and' to provide a means -of reinforcing car ends',

adapted to adord al rigid endl construction.l A further object is to provide in new conjstruction ofcars a firm, durable and ri d `car end', and to employ parts ofthe car bo ,y

i 'above the underframe to assist inl supporting the ends of the underframe.

The'means' employed to accomplish these objects are' fully described hereinafter, ,and

illustrated Vin' the accompanying. drawings,

Figure 1 is an end view of al railroad, box car embodyin our'invention; Fi f. 2 is an enlarged lon tudinalyvertical section fthe edofthecaritaken on line 2;--2v ofi, ig. 1,

the middle portion being brli'en away Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on line 3 3 'of Fig.

2; F ig. 4 is a detail showing the forward center sills and parts secured thereto; Fig.

6 is a cross section enlarged, takenon 'line 6-6 of Fig. 4;. 7 isv anl enlarged 4section taken on line 7-'7 of Fig'. 4'.

Referring to the drawings, the' nlirner'all 8V' indicates th'e end of ai box car body, having".

a roof 9, the end friez'e' 10, the' end" facia 11, the end pla-te 12, the outer end-facing 13, which at its upper portion'- extendslhetween the end facia and the end plate', the bolts 14-14 being provided tol secure the end facia and end Tplate together. .I

The numeral 1-5 indicate'sthe usil'al end lining of the car, 16 the car floor, 17 the end sill, 18 the buffer block, 19 the' buffer face plate, 20 the draw bar car-ryircn, 211;?(1 the center sills,- which are preferably Z-'barsI passing. over the body bolster,notshown in the dra-wings; The said Z-bars arepreferably rolled steel and'extendfrom the' end sill at'one end to the end Sill at the other end of the car underframe, beingadaptedtd be suitably secured to' the body bolster-srl Dependent from the ends 'of each'cener silll and secured to the inner face thereof bythe'- rivets1 23;23 is a draft sill 24, a' "pair'op'po` .Sitey .faced beingprovided neither endl of. the, car underframe.

In preferable constructiong-each draftvsill'fis of greater vertical width thans-the center sill to which it is attached, and is provided at its forward end with an inwardlyturnedl flange 25, adapted to engagethe end-sillref inforcing. plate 26. Suitablestop members 27 are secured to the inner faceff eachv` draft sill,.the stop members being oppositely arranged near the. ends of the car under#A frame. T-heV draft members pass overV the adjacent body bolster andare provided au their outer faces with the reinforcing angle irons 270, the said angle ironsbeingrleachf secured by suitable rivets to the lowerflan A 28 of the center sills and to the draft si s' and abutting at their rear ends29 against .transverse plate 32, suitably riveted to flanges 33 with which the oblique portion 3l of each draft sill is provided. The draft sills at their forward ends. extend underneath the end sills 17 and the buffer block 18, andv are rigidly held to the buffer block by bolts 34 whichconnect the buffer block to the draw bar angle iron'25. The numerals 35-35 indicate the usual end posts of the car, to each of which there is secured a Z-bar 36, each Z-bar extendingfrom the plane of the lower face of the end sills 17 to the roof of the car. On the inside of the car the end is provided with additional end lining 37, made preferably of heavy material and placed crosswise the end of the `car from the floor thereof to the end plate, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Bolts 38-38 passing through the additional end lining 37, the end lining 15, the outer facing 13, and'the flanges 39 of the Z-bars 36, rigidly secure the members forming the end of the car together` The end sill reinforcing plate 26 is securely bolted to the end sills, and is also secured to the draft sills by suitable means, preferably the' rivets 41-41 passing through the vertical flanges 42 of the end sill reinforcing plate 26 and through the flanges with .which the draft sills vare provided. Bolts 43-43 passing horizontally through the anges'39 of the Z-bars 36, through the outer face 13, the end sills l17, and the end sill reinforcing plate and verticaz flange 42, serve to rigidly l secure these Vpar s together. By reason of the rigid union between draft sills and cen ters sills, the draftq sills are virtually parts of tlvtcenter sills. Through the end sill reinforcing plate and end sill, the end of the car is employed to assist in supporting Athe ends of the center sills 21 and the other longitudinal sills of thecar, including the in.

termediate sills 45. It is desirable that the elements in car construction herein de'-v scribed are the feature of the Z-bar mem# bers vertically arranged at the ends of the car and-secured to the car body above :the underframe and to the end sill, and adapt-l ed not only to reinforce car end posts where thesame are-employed, and torepair car end posts, but may be employedin repair'A work in connection with a cracked end reinforcing the `sa`me andsav thev necessitv of the removal thereof. 'ar'ticularly are these members effective in assisting to employ the car body above the underframe to aid in supporting the ends of the longitudinal sills of the car.

A further novel element is that of the additional bracing lining 37, which not only affords a strong car end tolprevent bulging of the same when loaded with grain or similar freight, for instance, and when subjected to the heavy shocks of service, but also affording a rigid car end, which with the Z`bar members aids in supporting the ends of the underframe through the Otherparts of the car body.

.A further novel element is the employment of an end sill reinforcing plate extending over theend sill, which plate, together with the end sill, affords a rigid connection of the longitudinal sills and end sills of the car, and makes a rigid connection between the ends of the car and the longitudinal sills. y

The structure herein described consists of parts easy of application `in repairing and reinforcing the ends of cars, and one desirable in new car construction, the novel elements of which just mentioned, together with other novel elements hereinbefore described, are more particularly set forth in the following claims.

We claim;

1. In a railroad car, the combination .with the end of a car having end posts therein, of a reinforcing'member secured to each end post, an additional inner lining and means for securing the additional lining and reinforcing members together.

2. In a railroad car, the combination `with the end of the car having end posts, of Z- bar members extending longitudinally of the posts, an additional inner end lining, and means passing through the end Vof the cars for connecting the Z-bar members to the additional inner lining.

3'. In a railroad car, the combination with a. car end, end sill and center sills, of reinforcin members above the outer face vof the end o the car, an additional end lining on the inner face ofthe end ofthe car, and an end sill reinforcing plate secured to the longitudinal sills and passing above the end sill and underneath avportion 'of the end of the Y I car. A

4. In a railroad car, the combination with a car end, end sill and center sills, of rein`` forcing membersabove the outer face of the endo thel inner face of the end of the car and an end sill reinforcing plate secured to the center sills and passing above the end sill and underneath a portion of the end of the car the car, an additional end' lining on to support same, the reinforcingmembers.

being secured to the end sill andtiaroug'h the end of thecar to the additional inner lining.- a railway car, a car end having andA posts therein, inner and outer linin associated with such end posts, an ad itional inner end lining and reinforcing members extending along the outer faces of the end posts and means connecting the reinforcing members withthe additionalinner end lin- 1n In a boX car having an end Wall formed of wooden posts and an outer lining secured thereto, nieans for reinforcing said end wall comprising iron beams alined with and secured to said wooden posts and on the outer side of said outer linlng.

7. In a box car having an end wall formed of Wooden posts and an outer lining secured thereto, the combination with means for reinforcing said end Wall comprising commercially rolled iron beams alined with each of said posts and secured thereto and on the rolled beams bolted to sald posts on the 30 outer sides thereof.

Montreal, May 19, 1914.

RICHARD WEBB BURNETT.` HENRY H. VAUGHAN.

Witnesses:

E. R. Prrrs, J. W. NEMUDEN.

Gopiel of this patent may 'be obtained for ilve cents each, by addressing* the "Commissioner of Patenti,

Washington, D. 0. 

